The Phoney War
Drôle de guerre
Release: 2019-08-27
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 8.0
History
Documentary
War
TV Movie
September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Ethan Productions
ARTE
ECPAD
Toute L'Histoire
Cast
Benito Mussolini
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Paul Valéry
as Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
Fernandel
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
as Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)
Bertrand Chamerois
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Flori-Lamour
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernand Bignon
as Self - Photographer (archive footage)
Albert Lebrun
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Éric Caravaca
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Maurice Gamelin
as Self - Army General (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jean-Marie Fonbonne
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Édouard Daladier
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
as Self - Politician (archive footage)